Introducing Dell PowerScale for Azure: Now in Public Preview
We’re excited to announce the public preview of Dell PowerScale for Microsoft Azure – a fully managed, enterprise-grade file storage solution natively integrated into Azure. This offering brings Dell’s proven scale-out Network-attached storage (NAS) technology directly into Azure, delivering the performance and scalability enterprises expect with the simplicity of Azure-native management. Supporting up to 8.4PB in a single namespace, Dell PowerScale offers the scalability needed for demanding modern workloads. With multi-protocol support (NFS, SMB, S3), it ensures seamless access across diverse applications while maintaining the trusted Dell PowerScale user experience. This Dell-managed solution handles monitoring, maintenance, and updates, enabling organizations to streamline operations, optimize storage, and focus on business priorities with confidence in their data’s security and accessibility. This natively integrated solution uses purpose-built virtual machine infrastructure provisioned by Microsoft in the standard Azure hyper scaler environment. This special VM leverages cache to flash persistent memory technology using NVDIMM-N specifications suitable for the fast linked journaling transactions. These purpose-built VMs enable higher performance throughput and max capacity scale. Capabilities of Dell PowerScale for Azure Multi-protocol access – Global permission structure shared across users and protocols. Seamless scalability – Easily adjust to changing workloads with scale-out capacity. Operational consistency – Same experience as PowerScale on-premises. Smooth data mobility – Transfer data across environments without disruption. Advanced data protection – Safeguard critical information with comprehensive backup and recovery solutions. Snapshots – Fast data backup and recovery. Native replication – Asynchronous replication for data migration or disaster recovery. Why Dell PowerScale for Azure? Dell PowerScale is purpose-built for modern data-intensive workloads that require high performance and scalability — such as AI/ML pipelines, media & entertainment, EDA (electronic design automation), backup & recovery, and enterprise content management. Key Benefits of the Integration: Dell-Managed Service: Enjoy a streamlined storage experience, with Dell handling deployment, monitoring, maintenance, and upgrades — freeing your IT teams to focus on higher-value initiatives. Scalable & Elastic: As business requirements grow, PowerScale dynamically scales capacity and performance by adding nodes on demand, without any downtime. Enterprise-Grade Durability: Data is distributed across multiple nodes within the cluster, ensuring high durability and fault tolerance. Advanced Protection: Uses erasure coding for space-efficient protection and features like SyncIQ for asynchronous replication across sites — keeping your data available even during outages. Secure Private Access: PowerScale integrates into your Azure Virtual Network (VNet) through Vnet Injection, ensuring secure, high-performance data access. Azure-Native Experience: Provision, manage, and monitor PowerScale from within the Azure portal. It supports full integration with Azure Resource Manager (ARM), upcoming support for CLI/Powershell/Terraform, and supports native billing. How to Use the Integration: Mount shared volumes to Azure VMs or Kubernetes running in the same VNet. Run analytics or AI workloads that need parallel access to high-throughput file storage. Support backup, disaster recovery, and archival workflows across sites. Store and manage media assets or research data in regulated industries. Getting Started with Dell PowerScale for Azure Getting started with Dell PowerScale is simple: Navigate to Azure Portal Go to https://portal.azure.com and search for Dell PowerScale in the Marketplace. The offer is named Dell PowerScale for Azure - Dell managed (Public Preview). Contact Dell for a private offer and request a Dell Reference Number. Deploy the Storage Resource Follow guided steps here to configure your resource or cluster Connect Your Workloads Use standard NFS or SMB to mount volumes from Azure VMs or AKS. More Resources You can subscribe to the service through the Azure Marketplace online store or through the Azure portal. Search for it by name: Dell PowerScale for Azure - Dell managed (Public Preview) To learn more about the service, check out Microsoft docs as well as Dell docsCo-sell Coaching: Episode 1, Carve Partners - AMA
PLEASE NOTE: If you are planning to attend this event, please either use the 'Add to calendar' option below the "Attend" button, or create your own calendar reminder. Clicking attend will not automatically add this event to your calendar, and you will not receive any email notifications reminding you about the event. Join us for Co-sell Coaching, where your peer Microsoft partners will walk you through their best practices on how to co-sell effectively through the marketplace. Our first community event in this series will feature Carve Partners. Join to learn: Unlock Faster Growth: Why you should prioritize co-selling Get Started the Right Way: How to create a co-sell strategy and get started Maximize Your Impact: How to prioritize deals and build your co-sell pipeline Engage Microsoft Sellers: What to expect and how to get their attention Keep Winning: What to do after a co-sell win to build ongoing momentum Each Co-sell Coaching event features a live Q&A with Microsoft partners and Microsoft subject-matter experts.How to structure your Microsoft Partner Center account for long term success
A well-defined Microsoft Partner Center account is critical for smooth operations, marketplace success, and an overall better experience in the portal. But with multiple configuration options, identifiers, and account relationships to understand, it’s easy to get lost in the details. In this discussion, we’ll walk through how to set up and organize your Microsoft Partner Center account for operational efficiency and marketplace success. What we will cover Understand account structures and publisher configurations Working with important identifiers used in account management and support scenarios Scenarios and best practices for long-term successful management of your accounts By the end, you’ll know exactly how to structure your Microsoft Partner Center account so that it supports your organization’s needs today and scales with you as you grow in the Microsoft ecosystem. Ready to optimize your Partner Center account? Join us November 4th at 9:00 AM PST to learn more and ask questions. How do I participate? Select “Add to calendar” to save the date, then click the “Attend” button to save your spot, receive event reminders, and participate in the Q&A. If you can’t make the live event, don’t worry. You can post your questions in advance and catch up on the answers and insights later in the week. This session will be recorded and available on demand immediately after airing. Where do I post my questions? Scroll to the bottom of this page and select “Comment.” This event will feature AI-generated captions during the live broadcast. Human-generated captions and a recap of the Q&A will be available by the end of the week.How to build a Microsoft Marketplace channel practice
Building a successful Marketplace practice takes more than great offers—you need the right people, processes, and strategy working together. Learn exactly how top‑performing partners organize their teams across alliances, operations, sales, and leadership. We’ll break down who owns what, why executive sponsorship is a game‑changer, and how to get every part of your organization aligned around Marketplace growth. You’ll also get a proven, repeatable framework you can put into action immediately. From offer strategy and co‑sell integration to operational readiness, pipeline acceleration, and scalable go‑to‑market motions, this session equips you with the blueprint used by partners thriving in the Marketplace today. Plus, you’ll walk away with curated tools, templates, and dashboards to speed up onboarding, publishing, co‑sell, and sales execution—so you can confidently launch or scale your Marketplace practice with momentum. How do I participate? Select Add to calendar to save the date, then click the Attend button to save your spot, receive event reminders, and participate in the Q&A.* If you can’t make the live event, don’t worry. You can post questions in advance and catch up on the answers and insights later in the week. This session will be recorded and available on demand immediately after airing. It will feature AI-generated captions during the live broadcast. Human-generated captions and a recap of the Q&A will be available by the end of the week. * Don’t see the Attend button? Sign in to your Marketplace Tech Community account or register for the Tech Community and join the conversation!Office hours for partners: Marketplace rewards for FY26
If you are a software company or channel partner selling through the Microsoft commercial marketplace, don’t miss our first Office Hours session of the new fiscal year! We start with an update on Marketplace Rewards for channel partners, which is now generally available for FY26. We then dive into the following topics and answer your questions live: Marketplace Rewards benefit tiers and changes from the pilot program Essential tips for utilizing Microsoft Azure Sponsorship to win multiparty private offer deals Lessons learned from successful partners Where can I access the deck? Click here to download the slides presented in this session of Office Hours. When is the next Office Hours session? Bookmark the Marketplace Community for announcements about upcoming Office Hours events.Announcing the Public Preview of Azure Native Pure Storage Cloud for Azure VMware Solution
We are excited to announce the public preview of Azure Native Pure Storage Cloud for Azure VMware Solution. This Azure service offers native-like integration of Pure Storage's innovative enterprise-grade fully managed block Storage-as-a-Service (STaaS) with Azure VMWare Solution (AVS) aiding seamless VMware migrations to the cloud along with scalability, simplicity and data resiliency. Azure Native Integrations enable you to easily provision, manage, and tightly integrate independent software vendor (ISV) software and services on Azure. By leveraging the power of Azure, Pure Storage Cloud Service offers you many benefits, including scaling flexibility, native Azure experience, unified billing, and cost-effectiveness. You can easily discover and sign up for this via the Azure Marketplace. "We’re pleased to see Pure Storage’s integration with Microsoft Azure Native service. Through this collaboration, Pure and Microsoft can better serve customer needs by enabling them to provision, use and manage Pure Storage on Azure just like other Azure services. With this integrated offering, Pure and Microsoft are helping customers to quickly leverage Pure's enterprise-grade storage with Azure cloud services securely to open up a whole new set of possibilities for customers bringing enterprise-scale environments to the cloud. Together, Pure and Microsoft are helping customers save time and operational overhead while driving innovation." - Scott Hunter, Vice President Product Management, Microsoft Developer Division. Gartner report from Sept 2024 states that by 2028, consumption-based storage as a service (STaaS) will replace over 33% of enterprise storage capital expenditure (capex), up from less than 15% in 2024. Pure Storage® is a pivotal storage player among the Enterprise customers in revolutionizing the storage, management and resiliency while ensuring flexibility. From AI to archive, Pure Storage delivers a seamless cloud migration experience with one unified Storage as-a-Service (STaaS) platform across on-premises, private and public cloud, and hybrid environments. They are a 11x consequent leaders in Gartner® Magic Quadrant report for Primary Storage Platforms, with highest rating in Execution & Vision. Thus proving why, they are undoubtedly the Enterprise favorites! Some key customers for Pure Storage include Meta, ServiceNow, AC Milan, Comcast and many more! Fig 1: Magic Quadrant for Primary Storage, Sep 2024, Gartner Inc. How will Azure Native Pure Storage Cloud for AVS help me? Fully managed block-storage-as-a-service solution, providing decoupled scalability and flexibility across Compute and Storage solutions. Optimized Total Cost of Operations (TCO) up to 40% with data reduction and compression tools. Seamless data mobility and migrations of VMware workloads across on-premises, hybrid and multi-cloud solutions to the Azure cloud. Enterprise-grade Data protection and Data resilience, with solutions such as Hybrid Disaster Recovery support in the roadmap. Get started with Azure Native Pure Storage Cloud for Azure VMware Solution Setup and subscribe to your Azure Native Pure Storage Cloud, available easily in the Azure Marketplace. You can start your journey free of cost and pay as you use the service. Look for “Pure Storage Cloud" in the Azure Marketplace and sign up via Contact Me button to show your interest for the preview. Fig 2: Contact Me offering on Azure Marketplace Once you have been allowlisted for the preview, you can also look for it using the search bar on Azure Portal or visit the marketplace on Azure portal to see the offer in your list of private plans. Fig 3: Searching for Azure Native Pure Storage via Azure portal Pure Storage in Marketplace private plans via Azure portal Provisioning a Storage Pool via Azure: Follow the instructions in the QuickStart to easily spin up your Pure Storage resource. Once you have created the Pure Storage resource on Azure, follow the simple steps in the Microsoft Learn docs, or navigate directly via the Overview blade to create Storage pools. 2. Quick-and-easy Connect to AVS: You can now easily connect your Pure Storage with your Azure VMWare Solution (AVS) using the “Connect” button in Storage pool. Resources Subscribe to the “Azure Native Pure Storage Cloud for Azure VMware Solution” available as Pay as You Go via Contact me in the Azure Marketplace. Create an Azure Native Pure Resource and storage pools via the service, see QuickStart: Get started with Azure Native Pure Storage Cloud Service in Microsoft Docs. To learn more, check out the Pure blog and Pure’s Press release. Learn more about the Pure Cloud Block Store and how to use it with AVS here.Co-sell Coaching: Episode 2, Abnormal Security - AMA
PLEASE NOTE: If you are planning to attend this event, please either use the 'Add to calendar' option below the "Attend" button, or create your own calendar reminder. Clicking attend will not automatically add this event to your calendar, and you will not receive any email notifications reminding you about the event. Join us for Co-sell Coaching, where your peer Microsoft partners will walk you through their best practices on how to co-sell effectively through the marketplace. Our second community event in this series will feature Brett Ferancy, Global Alliance Leader at Abnormal Security. Join to learn: The value of co-selling with Microsoft Proven best Practices for effective co-sell execution Scaling through the marketplace and multiparty private offers (MPOs) Each Co-sell Coaching event features a live Q&A with Microsoft partners and Microsoft subject-matter experts.Marketplace Business Central products available in CSP channel
Business Applications adds new offer types to Microsoft AppSource to assist Independent Software Vendor (ISV) partners in building solutions with Dynamics 365 and Power Platform products when they transact through the commercial marketplace.
Private Marketplace collections permissions
To be able do delegate permissions in Private Marketplace, setting permissions on collections would be great. Currently only Marketplace Administrators (set on tenant level) can manage collections. On Enterprise level it would be great to able to delegate these permissions. We mainly can solve the problem to add a subscription to a collection. Using Management Groups as scope in Private Marketplace collections might be another option to solve that problem.Grow, Build, and Connect with Microsoft for Startups
Microsoft for Startups is a unique program designed to help startups become a Microsoft business partner, through access to technology, channels, markets and customers. Our teams work with startups around the world, providing them with free access to Azure, enterprise grade technical support, development tools and dedicated resources to effectively sell to enterprise customers. Tune into this session to learn more about the Microsoft for Startups program, a $500 million initiative to provide startups access to both the technology and customer base needed to build and grow their business. Join us on Wednesday, January 23, 2019 at 11:00am Pacific to learn more about this exciting program! https://microsoftcloudpartners.eventbuilder.com/event?eventid=r3d0g7
